Manhattan Birth

Less overwhelm. More preparation.

The Complete Childbirth Experience is designed to help you feel informed, grounded, and more prepared for birth, whatever your experience may look like.

If you’ve been meaning to sign up, this is your reminder! 😉

Upcoming Sunday sessions: June 7, June 14, June 28, July 12 from 1:30–4:30pm. (Skipping Father’s Day + Fourth of July weekends).

Come learn in a space that’s honest, supportive, and deeply human!

Sign up → https://bit.ly/4tIpO4E

Join our next session of The Complete Childbirth Experience! ✨⁠
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📆 June 7–July 12* | 1:30–4:30pm⁠
📍 In-person on the Upper West Side⁠
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Over 4 Sundays, gain the confidence, knowledge, and community support you need for pregnancy, labor, birth, and early parenthood.⁠ *We will skip Father's Day & Fourth of July weekends!⁠
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This is our most comprehensive NYC childbirth class, covering it all:⁠
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🤰 Labor & Childbirth ⁠
👶 Infant & Toddler CPR ⁠
🍼 Lactation & Newborn Care ⁠
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Reserve your spot and learn more → https://bit.ly/4uxvkYD
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What a birth day. 🤍 Yesterday we got to witness some serious business-hours homebirth magic — and then we celebrated outside like the proud birth nerds we are. The tree of life print? That’s Sarah’s arts & crafts. Birth is art, birth is sacred, and honestly, we’re just plain lucky to do this work as best friends at Manhattan Birth.

“Without a doubt, the most fun and comprehensive training I have ever taken.”

Gabriela Pezo is a Manhattan Birth mentorship graduate. She came in wanting a complete education in birth work — and that’s exactly what she got.

Business building, sustainability, marketing, hands-on skills, and real support through one of the toughest doula challenges: secondary birth trauma.
And she made lifelong friends along the way🩷

Sign up for the Mentor Program!
Enrollment closes April 24th. Link in bio.

One of the biggest takeaways from our conversation on boundaries for birth workers + building a sustainable practice is this:⁠
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Most burnout in birth work doesn’t come from the work itself, it comes from how we’re taught to do the work.⁠
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We talked about how overgiving gets mistaken for “good care,” how new doulas often confuse availability with professionalism, and how quickly scarcity mindset can override boundaries.⁠
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We also talked about what actually changes things: client management, clear systems, and community support that keeps you from doing this work in isolation.⁠
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The goal isn’t doing less for clients. It’s building a practice that can actually hold the work.⁠
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Join us for our Doula Mentor Program this Spring!⁠ → https://bit.ly/4vyy4Gs
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Enrollment closes April 24. Orientation begins May 12.⁠
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📸 a few favorite snaps from previous cohort get togethers!⁠
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“Without that mentorship, there’s no way I would have been a midwife.”

Sarah Lovell, CNM came to Manhattan Birth before our mentorship program even officially existed. What she found here wasn’t just training — it was permission. Permission to dream bigger. To believe that if she didn’t like the way things had always been done, she could just do it differently - herself - and make a difference.

That’s what we build here. Not just doulas. Not just midwives. But leaders and birth workers who know, deep down, that anything is possible.

Enrollment for our Spring 2026 Doula Mentorship Program closes April 24th. Link in bio.

Feeling overwhelmed in your birth work? 😰 You don’t have to do it alone!

The Manhattan Birth Doula Mentor Program is about more than learning. It’s about becoming the birth worker you're meant to be.

As former mentee Maya Hernandez said:

"I was looking for a place where I could say, 'I'm overwhelmed. I don't want to burn out.' Talking with more experienced doulas, I realized people have figured this out. You don’t have to reinvent the wheel every time."

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Join us TODAY at 6pm ET for an Info Session with Tanya Wills on IG Live to talk about boundaries, building a sustainable practice, and answer your questions about the program. → https://bit.ly/4ctDJpL

Enrollment for our Spring 2026 cohort is open. Sign up by April 24 and take the next step in your birth work journey. → https://bit.ly/3Qs9WoJ

So many birth workers start out thinking they can do it all on their own. ⁠
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You’ve trained, learned the skills, built your website, set your pricing, and started taking clients. ⁠
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And then you realize there is more to running a practice than you expected. 😅⁠
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Our Spring '26 Doula Mentorship Program is here to give you guidance, support, and community so you can grow your confidence, your skills, and your business without doing it alone.⁠
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If you want to hear more before applying, join us for a free Info Session on April 16 at 6pm ET right here on IG. We’ll talk about boundaries, mentorship, and what it really looks like to build a sustainable birth practice.⁠
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Enrollment for this Spring's cohort closes Friday, April 24.

Learn more → https://bit.ly/4c1Y5VS
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Ready to grow your birth work in 2026? 👀⁠
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Enrollment is now OPEN for Manhattan Birth's Spring 26 Doula Mentorship Program. ⁠
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This program gives you a FULL YEAR of consistent support, guidance, and community so you can build real knowledge, connect with other doulas, and grow your practice at your own pace. ⁠
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Many participants come back year-after-year to continue learning and leaning on this community. 🥰⁠
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You’ll get:⁠
✔️ virtual lessons and workshops⁠
✔️ monthly mentor and mastermind groups⁠
✔️ access to our learning library and expert guest speakers⁠
✔️ scholarships for BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and disabled communities⁠
✔️ asynchronous lessons so you can revisit material and prep for topics on your own schedule.⁠
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Take the next step in your birth work journey. Enroll by Friday, April 24 → https://bit.ly/4bOkKpB
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